Alianait Arts Festival to explore traditional Inuit songs
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Pisiit, the Inuktitut term for traditional Inuit songs, is the theme of this year’s four-day Alianait Arts Festival, which kicked off Thursday in Iqaluit.
“Pisiit are based around drums used in dancing, music and storytelling,” said drum dancer Shelton Nipisar of Arviat, during an interview at Aqsarniit Hotel on Friday.
Nipisar is in Iqaluit to participate in the Pisiit Project, in which Indigenous artists from Canada, Greenland, New Zealand and Finland will learn about and perform traditional I
“Pisiit are based around drums used in dancing, music and storytelling,” said drum dancer Shelton Nipisar of Arviat, during an interview at Aqsarniit Hotel on Friday.
Nipisar is in Iqaluit to participate in the Pisiit Project, in which Indigenous artists from Canada, Greenland, New Zealand and Finland will learn about and perform traditional I
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